Okay, this is my 3rd attempt to post this message. I'm not sure
why it's not showing up on the list. If they all 3 eventually make
it through, then sorry about the repeats.
I am having issues when going to the "Recorded Programs"
page when using Mythweb. I believe the backend is having
problems when trying to create the snapshot pictures to
go along with the recordings (see log below).
For reference, I have a single computer running a frontend
and a master backend. Using this configuration, I didn't
have any problems. I very recently purchased a PVR 250 and
threw it in another machine which is now my slave backend.
I believe adding the slave backend in the mix is causing the
problems. I'm pretty sure the shows that are having problems
with the snapshots were recorded on the slave backend. Note
that I have exported a directory on my master backend via NFS,
and the slave backend is saving the recorded programs there
(in the same directory the master backend saves recorded programs).
The recorded programs are saved in "/media/videos". As you can see
in the log below, the backend is trying to access the files in
"/media/video/media/video". I'm not sure if this is really where
it's looking, or if it's just a bug in the error message. As a first
shot at fixing this, I created a "media" link in "/media/video" so that
going to "/media/video/media/video" just gets you back to "/media/video".
This fixed nothing. I also went to "/media/video" to check if the png
file was really there, and it was not.
As soon as I click on the "Recorded Programs" page, the master backend
locks up. Mythweb also locks up, but I suspect it is just waiting on
the hung master backend. I restarted the master backend, and I thought
everything looked fine. But later when the slave backend tried to record
a new show, it created a zero-length file and died. So I guess it was
hosed somehow too (perhaps from a previous attempted communication with
the hung up master backend before I restarted it).
Any ideas?
Backend Log:
2004-10-04 14:44:23 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:44:23 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:44:31 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:44:31 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:45:03 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:45:03 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:45:07 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:45:07 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:45:17 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:45:17 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:45:21 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:45:21 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:46:56 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:46:56 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
2004-10-04 14:46:56 NULL in string in list in WriteStringList
2004-10-04 14:47:21 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2004-10-04 14:47:21 adding: htpc as a remote file transfer
2004-10-04 14:47:21 Invalid file handle when
opening /media/video/media/video/1013_20041004123000_20041004130000.nuv.png.
4
retries remaining.
2004-10-04 14:47:22 Invalid file handle when
opening /media/video/media/video/1013_20041004123000_20041004130000.nuv.png.
3
retries remaining.
2004-10-04 14:47:22 Invalid file handle when
opening /media/video/media/video/1013_20041004123000_20041004130000.nuv.png.
2
retries remaining.
2004-10-04 14:47:23 Invalid file handle when
opening /media/video/media/video/1013_20041004123000_20041004130000.nuv.png.
1
retries remaining.
2004-10-04 14:47:23 Invalid file handle when
opening /media/video/media/video/1013_20041004123000_20041004130000.nuv.png.
0
retries remaining.
2004-10-04 14:47:26 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-10-04 14:47:26 adding: htpc as a client (events: 0)
Regards,
Jake